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The Weekend Round-up
Tenet topped the box office for the eighth successive weekend, the first film to achieve such a feat since Avatar in 2009-10. Christopher Nolan’s brain-teasing spectacular added £187k, a drop of 37% from last weekend. That takes its total to £16.9m and it has now overtaken Little Women (£16.9m) to become the third biggest film of 2020.
Event cinema climbed back into the top five, with Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together taking second spot. This is a recording of the duo’s final show of their UK tour at the O2 Arena. It only played on Saturday and Sunday and topped the box office on both occasions, totalling £170k. Had it played on Friday too it would have topped the weekend chart.
Saint Maud opened in second last week and fell to third this week, adding £132K, a drop of 28% from last week. That takes its total to £520k and with Halloween still 12 days away, it will be hoping to hold up well over the next couple of weeks. After We Collided again came in fourth adding £107k, a drop of 45% from last weekend. That takes its total to £3.8m. It’s still the second biggest film post-lockdown, grossing almost £1.5m more than the third biggest film, Onward. Cats & Dogs: Paws Unite rounded out the top five, adding £107k for a new total of £871k.
Outside of the top five, the re-release of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy comedy Hocus Pocus increased on last weekend’s total by 106% to £42k in seventh. You’d expect it to have a solid half term week too. Documentary I Am Greta, about Greta Thunberg was the only other new entry in the top 15, opening in eighth with £30k from one night of performances on Sunday.
The top 15 totalled £986k.
Next Weekend
Two By Two: Overboard! is a sequel to the 2015 animation. Adrift on a flood, two misfit castaways struggle to reunite an unorthodox family, out-run a volcano, and negotiate a peace deal on a creaking Ark.
Honest Thief is an action thriller starring Liam Neeson. Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.
The Secret Garden is an adaptation of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s famous novel. An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate. Colin Firth and Julie Walters star.
Pixie is an Irish comedy starring Olivia Cooke as Pixie who, to avenge her mother's death, masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny. Alec Baldwin and Ben Hardy co-star.
All My Life is romantic drama about a couple whose wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.
Summer Of 85 is a new drama from François Ozon (Swimming Pool, In The House). While boating, Alexis's boat capsizes and almost drowns before being rescued by David, who ultimately ends up as the friend of his dreams.
Totally Under Control is a documentary from the Oscar-winning Alex Gibney (Taxi To The Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room). It’s an in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.